The AESO issued a new grid alert on Monday morning for the province, amid a stretch of extremely cold tempertures, but dropped the alert shortly after.
The non-profit organization tweeted at 8:12 a.m., “The AESO has declared a grid alert due to extreme cold, and several power facility outages.”
At 9:21 a.m., they tweeted again saying the grid alert has ended, as “increasing wind and solar generation have created some relief on the system.”
AESO says Albertans should continue to try and limit the amount of electricity they use between 4 p.m. and 7 p.m., as this is the time frame where power consumption tends to peak.
This has been the fourth alert issued by AESO since Friday, warning Albertans about the potential for blackouts if the demand gets too high.
No blackouts were needed.
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